I want to talk about divorce and negotiating financial agreements Many couples in lockdown are discovering that the time has heightened existing relationship strains. And for others, the pressure to open discussions about separation cannot wait any longer. If this sounds like you, there is help...
To comply with Covid-19 prevention measures, parents across the country are juggling childcare, home school and working from home. There is an added consideration for children of parents who have separated as they try to make this work with...
Now that most of the United Kingdom is isolating, lots of new questions are arising from families concerned as to how this will impact their lives. One pressing question is from parents who live separately and share child arrangements. Cabinet minister Michael Gove was forced to...
You don’t have to search for long to find funny memes and videos of couples as they prepare to be confined indoors together. While a sense of humour is essential at this time, for many, the thought of self-isolating with a partner, when there are...
Opposite sex couples in England and Wales can now enter a civil partnership. The new law is the result of a campaign initiated in 2014 by Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld. They won their case in the supreme court...
What happens when there is no Will? Cohabiting is the fastest growing family type in the UK. And just like the approach to cohabiting couples who have jointly held property, the law adopts a dramatically different approach to a bereaved cohabiting partner, compared to that of a...
The government consultation process for no-fault divorce closed on 10 December 2018. In advance of its outcome, Roger Weller, Family Solicitor at HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors considers the current divorce process and highlights why a no-fault option would be a positive change to divorce law. The...